The St. Johns River has a wonderful and diverse variety of wildlife. The river’s vertebrate wildlife includes all the fish species in the water and birds in the air too. But there are also frogs, ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The Houston Zoo has welcomed some new members to its family. Four painted terrapins hatched at the zoo over the past week. While births are special anyway, this one is ...

HOUSTON — Houston Zoo recently became the home of four newly hatched painted terrapin turtles, one of the most endangered species of turtles in the world. They're the first painted terrapin turtles to ...

The hatchlings, rescued from threatened nests, will spend a year at the Aquarium to grow before returning to protected marsh ...

BARNSTABLE, Mass — A rare two-headed diamondback terrapin turtle is alive and kicking — with all six of its legs — at the Birdsey Cape Wildlife Center in Massachusetts after hatching two weeks ago. A ...

SEA ISLE CITY, N.J. (CBS) -- A husband and wife are working to save Diamondback Terrapin turtles in Sea Isle City, a Jersey Shore town in Cape May County. Susan and Steve Ahern are the founders of the ...